Friday, 30 June 2017

Thought for the day: "Our local flasher was thinking of retiring but has decided to stick it out for one more year"

In my mailbox this morning .. Tickets for Mythodea - so it is all real after all!

I have also been looking at getting some coins pressed as part of a Marketing idea - some ready money that can be passed around to special customers... Have played with the concept and some designs - best came up with this one ...

Also been back in the studio - not getting any easier to get the sound right - but playing with ideas ..

Othere things that arrived today - apparently the long saga of the translations and citations and notarising is finally over - Sacrlett's Passport arrived today ... in Crete of course.. but that is one potential future problem less to face..

And so June comes to an end ..
That will be 30 days Dry - and a weight loss from 15st 12 to 14st 5 Not quite as much as I had wanted - with the loss of potato and bread for 30 days as well - but a fair attempt. Obviously, a lack of exercise probably has its affect - a thought about going for another month - I thought... for about 5 seconds - didn't seem to be a good idea ..

Wednesday, 28 June 2017

Thought for the day:" I just got a birthday card, opened it & rice went everywhere. It was from Uncle Ben! "

Grey day again.
Been a busy week. Allied Masonic Degree on Monday (in the Chair). Red Cross of Constantine yesterday ( Treasurer, 1st Aide de Campe, and Organist!). Scarlet Cord Installation (Deputy District Director of Ceremonies) and Secret Monitor (Nothing - just a guest!!) today in Pembroke - Have to keep busy.

Need to pop into town to pay in the dues from the meeting last night into the Bank and refresh the Tea which we seem to be very short of. Surprising how much more tea I drink at the moment !!

Then back into the Studio to finish Black Pearl and look at Valeria of Mythodea...

Am having some positive critique from my daughter Bethan now - which is good - as it allows another person to listen and give an honest view... "the drums are out on this one" (not surprising as I am not a drummer) - "there is a pause there" (probably knew that but couldn't hear it) so that is good!

Luckily, the system allows different sections to be re-recorded at will.

Tuesday, 27 June 2017

Thought for the day:"After a few recent murders where the victims have been stabbed with knitting needles - the police think the murderer is following a pattern."

Tuesday - all day
Cloudy and grey - and almost ready to forget the sun and heatwave from last week.

Allied Masonic Degree last night - Grand Tylers of Solomon went withut a hitch - though the general consensus was that the ceremony was far better than the book of ritual on which it was based - I may have hammed it up in a couple of places - but with a dozen friends in the council it was "a good time had by all!"

Installation of the Red Cross of Constantine this evening - but I do not have to do anything except play the Organ so that is a bonus.

They want me to play "We'll keep a welcome in the hillsides" for the recession on Saturday in the Provincial Mark Meeting where I am also organist. Sadly - they still do not realise that I am not really a keyboard player and I am having great troble finding any sheet music - and the bits I have seen are all for Harry Secombe and in Eb - which has three black notes which is totally uacceptable.
Will have to sit down and see how much I can do by ear - in C or G ...

On the subject of music - I found this recent music song analysis ...

I thought it was quite apt.

Of course - with battles pending this weekend ( not for me I hasten to add - but for the Moon) I found this little "note to self" about combat which is worth sharing..

Monday, 26 June 2017

Thought for the day :"Intelligence is like an underwear. It is important that you have it, but not necessary that you show it off."

Saw this - thought it was worth repeating ...

I considered myself very lucky when I go t injured in Germany a couple of years ago - and I was properly covered by travel insurance that paid dividends - so that the only real inconvenience was excruciating pain and having to ask my wife to travel half way across Europe to rescue me - something I think that the insurance might have done had we been more patient....

Now I am not a great supporter of private health insurance - but we are looking at it primarily as a method of jumping queues should that prove necessary or desirable. It seems a good use of pension that will be coming in shortly... However, watching the fuss in America over low cost or social health insurance and the actual costs without a NHS behind us... I saw this bill for heart surgery..

With those few thoughts I look to the next few days to celebrate
26DayD
4 to go :)
Cheers,,,

Sunday, 25 June 2017

Thought for the day: "I can totally keep secrets. It's the people I tell them to that can't."

Strange things that you can find on Google Maps #25 -

Yes, it appears to be a starwars spaceship boxed in by shipping containers.. and I might get a little paranoid if I was not aware that they may be filming a star wars film in that area sometime...
But still fun ....

But this weekend is the 300th Anniversary of the formation of the United Grand Lodge of England, otherwise known as a boozy lunch meeting at the Goose and Gridiron in London - but which got to resolve some of the differences between the opposing forces in the field of Masonry at that time - 1717....

Goose & Gridiron

The original pub stood in St Pauls Churchyard and is marked by the placard..

So - Sunday it is and heading back home this evening...

Meanwhile learning the Grand Tylers of Solomon or Masons elect of 27 !!
Not easy going - but need it for tomorrow night - may put it onto a USB stick and see if I can learn as I drive home - 4 hours in the car should help me crack it ....

About Me

From the frozen wastes of Northern Norsca, Vollsanger was a Skald of the old tradition - a Bard who was well schooled in the ancient songs and epic tales.

Coming out of the Skadi Mountains one day - he found the Crimson Moon Tavern in a glade with many strange people who had travelled great distances to meet up. The War Host!

Selling a song for a copper - writing songs on demand and entertaining the peoples of the factions. Vollsanger faces new challenges... LARP Awards Bard of the Year 2018. LARP & Re-enactment Skald.Guest Bard at the Conquest of Mythodea in Germany